Boys did a pretty good job at the football game today, but lost 14-12. It's amazing how much heart these guys put into the game. Football is a game played on emotion to a far greater degree than baseball or even basketball. Some of the kids on the team really, really care about this.
We'll get 'em next time. I thought the boys did a good job. I feel like the coaches learned more today than the kids did.
It's hard to coach in this league. For instance, the quarters are only six minutes. Literally, the first half went like this: they had the ball first, punted, we drove and got the ball down into the red-zone and the half ended. 0-0 at the half.
Seriously, it went by that fast. Figure at this age, the clock runs between plays almost all the time because there's not a lot of passing.
I thought we beat them on both sides of the ball, but they beat us on 2 plays that resulted in TDs.
Hard to coach in this league, too. Every player is supposed to get 12 plays per game, which is darned near impossible. It basically means that everybody gets equal playing time.
For some kids, not such a big deal, but we have other kids (and one in particular) who is a behavioral problem and ends up being a danger to himself and others on the field. Ah well. Rec league sports. Can't do anything about it
This football league only lasts for 2 years, then they're in middle school where, I would hope, you don't have to give the worst player (or the biggest problem child) on the team the same amount of playing time as the better players.
Seems like a lot of the rec league rules are based on parents complaints. I'm sure a lot of folks have complained over the years that their kid is not getting enough playing time, etc.
Logan did okay. Had a few tackles including one of his patented "cross the field to the opposite side" tackles. On offense, he got open for a pass, but the pass sailed high.
So far, so good. The boys did well and they'll get one more crack at this team before the season is over.
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